The pilgrims used to bring water from the well in bottles and leave little gifts behind as offerings to God. The women would leave a little of their shawls or cloaks.
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Seventy years ago, flax was grown by every farmer in this district
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Tradition and believes around some of the festivals that occur around the year.
COLLECTOR: Mary A. O' Doherty, female
INFORMANT: Patsy Ansbro; Gender; male, Age; 84, Tawnagh More, Co. Mayo
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These just some of the old remedies as remembered by Patsy Ansbro back in 1938.
COLLECTOR: Mary A. O' Doherty, female INFORMANT: Patsy Ansbro; Gender; male, Age; 84, Tawnaghmore, Co. Mayo
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Rainbow is looked upon as a sign of broken weather.....If corncrake is heard in morning it is an omen of good weather, but if heard in the evening sign of coming rain.
COLLECTOR: Mary A. O' Doherty, female INFORMANT: Patsy Ansbro; Gender; male, Age; 84, Tawnaghmore, Co. Mayo
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A family named Herons who lived in Balla were digging a foundation for a cottage where stands the McEllin Hotel at present. They came on a pot of gold supposed to contain 2,000 guineas...
COLLECTOR: Mary A. O' Doherty, female INFORMANT: Patsy Ansbro; Gender; male, Age; 84, Tawnaghmore, Co. Mayo
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MARY O'DOHERTY was teaching at Prizon school at the time of the school collection. She was sick when during the period of collecting the stories which resulted in a late submissions. She had added some of her own stories to the collection. Her informants are:
- Patsy Ansbro Age 84
- May Adams Age 40